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BHUBANESWAR: Thousands of people today gave a tearful farewell to former Odisha Chief Minister J B Patnaik as his body was taken out in a procession in the city. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, officials, academicians, students and journalists were among those who walked in the procession when Patnaik's mortal remains were taken to the Odisha Assembly premises and Congress Bhavan. Odisha Assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari, Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra of Congress, Parliamentary Affairs Minister B K Arukh and many MLAs offered floral tributes to the leader who passed away at the wee hours of yesterday at Tirupati.

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Chief Gulam Ahmed Mir today met party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and briefed him about the political situation in the state. "Mir had one-to-one meeting with Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi today. It was his first meeting with Gandhi after taking over as State congress Chief", Chief Spokesman JKPCC, Ravinder Sharma told PTI. Mir, who congratulated Gandhi for successful Kissan rally in Delhi, briefed him about current political situation in the state after formation of new government in the state, the spokesman said.

NEW DELHI: Political parties cutting across party lines today demanded immediate financial assistance and relief including loan waiver for farmers in North and Western India whose crops have been hit by unseasonal rain and hailstorm. Opposition Congress, BSP, JD-U and CPI(M) demanded that the Centre should immediately announce financial assistance, assess the extent of damage to crops and wave interest on loans of distressed farmers. With several members in Rajya Sabha giving notice under rule 267 for suspension of business to take up loss of crop due to unseasonal rains and hailstorm, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said it has been decided to take up discussion and the government replying to it. Ghulam Nabi Azad (Cong)

NEW DELHI: Congress today told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he faces a threat from within rather than the opposition as it wondered whether he would be successful in restraining divisive elements in the Sangh who have "not even spared Mother Teresa". Slamming the controversial statements made by BJP and RSS leaders, including Mohan Bhagwat, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said the onus of restraining such people is on Modi as people had entrusted their faith when he gave the "inclusive slogan of 'sabka saath, sabka vikas'".

NEW DELHI: Ghulam Nabi Azad was today back as the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, days after his re-election to the house from Jammu and Kashmir. Azad took oath as a member of the Upper House along with three other members from the state -- Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway (both PDP) and Shamsher Singh Manhas (BJP). Azad, 65-year-old Congress leader from Jammu and Kashmir, has become member of the House for fifth time. His previous six-year term as Rajya Sabha member was to end this month and he was re-elected on February 8. "I have recognised Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Leader of Opposition with effect from February 16, 2015, consequent upon his election to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Jammu and Kashmir," Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari said.

JAMMU: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad tonight said that there was no wave of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country and BJP's defeat in Delhi polls was imminent. "I will not say how many seats Congress will win (in Delhi polls). But defeat of BJP is certain," Azad told reporters here tonight after being elected to Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. "The downfall of BJP has started from head that is Jammu and Kashmir and after that in Delhi. It will percolate down to the South.

JAMMU: Aided by CPI(M) and two independent MLAs, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was today elected to Rajya Sabha while PDP and BJP secured three out of the four seats in the elections held to the Upper House from Jammu and Kashmir . Azad who was a joint candidate of Congress-National Conference alliance required three additional votes apart from the combined strength of 27 seats of the two parties to scrape through...

JAMMU: Elections to four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir will be held tomorrow with seven candidates in the fray including Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad , current Leader of Opposition in the Upper House of Parliament, who faces a tough test. Besides Azad, the other contestants are PDP's Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmad Laway; BJP's Shamsher Singh and Chander Mohan Sharma; and Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo and Nasir Aslam Wani of NC. Both BJP-PDP and NC-Congress are fighting the elections under seat sharing arrangements.

NEW DELHI: National Conference has decided to join hands with Congress and pitch Ghulam Nabi Azad as a joint candidate for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha polls to be held next month in Jammu and Kashmir. The decision was arrived after a meeting between Congress President Sonia Gandhi dand National Conference working President Omar Abdullah here. After the half-an-hour long meeting, Omar tweeted that the two parties have "decided to combine forces to file a joint candidate for RS polls in J&K to snatch a seat from the unholy alliance.

JAMMU: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today accused BJP of trying to disrupt the communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir by planting "fake stories" against him in a section of media. "I am perplexed how unsubstantiated and unverified reports, purportedly attributed to me are being manufactured in Jammu and Kashmir day in and day out. Is it not the responsibility of the media to seek my comments if it is doing a report, story quoting my name?" he said. Referring to a report in a local daily, stating that the leader is opposed to a "Hindu CM", Azad said, "I would like to know when have I said that a Hindu cannot become the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.